Posts About "Darryl Sittler"
Darryl Sittler’s Magical 10-Point Game
February 7th, 2019 Records are made to be broken. But, more than 40 years after Darryl Sittler set the record for most points scored in a single game, it has yet to be matched, much less broken. Sittler’s name literally covered the scoresheet as he piled up six goals and four assists in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 11-4 rout over the Boston Bruins on Feb. 7,...
Darryl Sittler: Two Iconic Stories of the Maple Leafs' Captain
January 6th, 2019 Darryl Sittler played in the National Hockey League from 1970 until 1985. Although for most of that time he played for his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs, he also added three years with the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings before he retired. Sittler was an “Ontario Guy” and, long before he played hockey professionally, he...
Is Matthews the Best Maple Leafs’ Center Ever?
December 16th, 2018 On March 14, 2017, on the 35th anniversary of Darryl Sittler becoming the all-time leading goal scorer in Toronto Maple Leafs history, The Hockey Writers' Andrew Forbes wrote a thoughtful post titled “Then and Now: The Maple Leafs All-Time Centres.” In this post, Forbes reviewed his choices for the greatest Toronto Maple Leafs...
Worst Toronto Maple Leafs Trades
November 7th, 2018 There have been some horrible, terrible and embarrassing trades by the Toronto Maple Leafs in team history. But in recent memory, the number one worst trade blows all the others out of the water -- or perhaps blows the Leafs off the trees. Everything about this deal was bad. They chose the wrong player to trade. The wrong time...
The NHL's Most Unbreakable Records
October 7th, 2018 Many athletes believe - or at least pretend to believe - that records are made to be broken. If that’s the case, they haven’t taken a look at the NHL’s record books, or should I say the book that Gretzky re-wrote. Wayne Gretzky’s name is scribbled throughout the pages of this particular book. In fact, he holds or shares 61...
Top 10 Offensive Seasons in Maple Leafs History
August 10th, 2018 In 2011-12, as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Phil Kessel tallied 37 goals and 82 points for a team that would go on to miss the NHL playoffs for the seventh straight season since the 2004-05 lockout. He was the last Maple Leafs player to surpass the 80-point plateau, while also hitting the 80-point mark exactly in...
